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Gay and Depressed in Prison

3rd place entry in Corgi's Gaybellion Contest

In this game, you play a very familiar character from the previous Gay and Depressed stories, who is now in jail. You used to be a side character in other people's stories, but now the spotlight is finally yours in this Gay and Depressed spin-off!

If you're interested in some more Gay and Depressed story games, check out the original by queenlatifah04, Gay Old Time by Darius_Conwright, Gay and DepressedER!!! by fresh_out_of_the_oven, and Gay and Depressed: The snow bunny society by Benholman44. All of the "gay and depressed" stories are stand-alone stories, so each one can be read separately, but I highly recommend you check these stories out!

Down by the river

unpublished

There's an old man called the Mississippi
That's the old man that I'd like to be!
What does he care if the world's got troubles?
What does he care if the land ain't free?

Ol' man river,
That old man river
He must know something
But don't say nothing
He just keeps rolling
He keeps rolling along"

-Oscar Hammerstein, "Old Man River"

In this story game, you play Samantha, a 25-year old engineer who's recently been through a rough breakup. Out of the blue, your grandfather asks you to accompany him on a river-boat journey where you two will traverse across a national treasure, our very own Mississippi River. Explore the natural beauty of this great waterway as you embark on a journey of self-discovery and finding love. Will you successfully find both on this wonderful river-boat adventure? Only one way to find out!

Exiled: The Plight of the Wanderers

unpublished

A science fiction CYOA centered around playing as member of a group of intergalactic smugglers exiled from their home country. With no place to call home, your gang is at the mercy of intergalactic warlords who use them to smuggle highly dangerous materials across warp gates. Eventually, however, you guys have had enough...

Falsely Accused:The Telenorian Kingdom's Worst Prison

unpublished

Submitted for Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest.

In this game, you play as a thief. The princess has been kidnapped and everyone suspected that the big fat evil dragon kidnapped her. Naturally, since you and your crew are the dragon's known associates, you are put in the jail. But here's the thing, you're innocent. From the moment you're in jail, it's been one nightmare after another. Far from administering the justice, the Telenorian Prison is nothing but exploitative and conniving. Will you be able to survive and point the finger back on those that did you wrong, or will you succumb to the darkness in jail without getting the chance to vindicate yourself. Warning: This game can be emotionally disturbing and contains dark themes with many parallels to real life. Proceed at your own risk.

The Last Day

unpublished

Wholesome, slice of life, fantasy game about a nice necromancer who uses his power to help people solve problems, while spending time with family and loved ones. He loves his village, and every day, he tries his best to leave the world a little brighter than the day before. But he's been cursed with a curse that will remove his memory forever after finding a mysterious artifiact that could save the village from a bad drought. Though he was able to do it successfully, he was cursed with a curse of forgetfulness that is said to happen tomorrow. So, on his last day, he wants to spread some kindness and love before he's gone. Thank you for reading, please comment and tell me what you think! I hope you enjoy!

Last one: Would you rather have the power to split yourself into smaller and smaller mini versions of you, or have the power of combining with other people to form a massive combined individual with the hive mind of all the people you chose to combine(but the max is 5 people, more than that and the power doesn't work) This is a fun idea Blister. Best of luck on your game dude!

Would you rather have the ability to speak to a loved one you lost, or a future loved one who you haven't met yet, but you'll meet later some time in the future?

Would you rather have pizza flavored ice cream, or vanilla ice cream flavored pizza? Would you rather be able to swim through land or be able to run on water?

Would you rather have the ability to send alternate versions of yourself forward in time or have the ability to send alternate versions of yourself back in time? In both WYRs, you would have the ability to communicate with your doppelgängers.

Would you rather have the power to speed time up whenever you want, or stop time whenever you want?

Looking at the thread, I don't think anyone else is giving Avo an actual explanation for why everyone is saying "I like Ogre", so I'll do it. Avo, this forum has existed for over 20 years, and Internet forum culture tends to include a lot of inside jokes and specific phrases that happen organically. Many people here have known each other for many years, so obviously, the way they talk, the different references and inside jokes won't make sense to someone who's not in that group. But my advice is to just roll with it, because that's how Internet forums work. I'm sure you must be familiar with memes, they seem to originate randomly, no one knows how they first start, and then they persist in the public's consciousness for quite some time. "I like Ogre" is one of the phrases that developed uniquely to CYS, and it's just funny to say sometimes even when the context doesn't demand it. There's not a lot to be confused about, Avo, but I do understand that if you're not familiar with forum culture, it might seem really weird. Basically, it's funny to occasionally say "I like Ogre!", and then that starts a chain of "I like Ogres". The thing is, we all do like Ogre11 a lot. He's a newly minted admin, a user who has helped out many over the years, wrote some amazing games, and has been a pillar of the community. But we're all not obsessed with ogres, or a bunch of fanatics. Because I feel like you might have misinterpreted the situation, and I don't think all the subsequent "I like Ogre!"s or the copypastas by Milton and Cavus are helping with your confusion, so I thought I'd try and come in with a genuine explanation. That being said, I really loved the copypastas, lol. Copypasta is another internet term which basically means a giant text well usually created for silly or trolling purposes, that's just meant to be a joke or subtly ironic. I don't recommend you look into this stuff, but I just want to let you know that this is already a well established phenomenon in internet cultures. Don't be too hung up on these things, it's just fun and don't worry, it's nothing more then a fun thing to say. There's certain CYS colloquialisms that people say because it's fun, it helps the feeling of community, and it's just nice. I mean, people aren't going to be overly serious here, and generally joke and troll around because many of us have demanding jobs/tough situations outside the site, so when we're on here, it's to have fun with people some of us have known for years, while also improving writing. Petros is not really a racist, Elder-God obsessed Lovecraftian fanatic mod, he's messing with you. If someone says something that seems alarming or really weird to you, it's probably a joke. Petros doesn't hate you, no one here hates you, it's just that people sometimes mess with 12 year olds sometimes because you guys take things more seriously than adults on here, and don't realize that some things are just jokes. TLDR: have fun, you're doing a great job joining the community, and a lot of the things you think are "insane" are just inside jokes and references in the community.

1. Unbroken, As Ink, Bestist Frend Jane. Also for some recent contest winners, check out These Shackled Souls, Gaiety and Sorrow, and Shadow of the God King. Lasso of Time and Laconia Incident are great too. 2. Maybe Duke of Winslow by Darius_Conwright. 3. Ambiguous ones.

Thanks mouse! I know it's kind of a weird blend between classic rock, r and b, and alt/punk but I came across each of these albums during different periods of my life, and they all really spoke to me lol. Glad you like DSotM, American Idiot, and Channel Orange, check out Billy Joel as well! Just the way you are, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, and Vienna are quite good, and they're really nice easy listening music. Christopher Cross and Chicago are also good for that Billy Joel soft/mellow rock style that I really enjoy listening to when I'm trying to relax.

No prob!

https://chooseyourstory.com/forums/creative-corner/message/30643

These stories are about something wrong with your dog. You can also check out the other ones by going to the creative corner, then finding the thread titled "Thunderdome".

https://chooseyourstory.com/forums/news-and-updates/message/30699

This one is about writing about a paranormal investigator. Both stories are great, however I think the stories can be a little dark for kids, so proceed with caution.

Here's the general thunder dome thread with links to thunder dome matches from 3 years:

https://chooseyourstory.com/forums/creative-corner/message/29522

Best of luck you two! Check out some of the past thunder domes to get an idea of how authors approach their prompts and structure their stories. You can also see what people look for when voting for stories, and that might help you focus on strengthening aspects in your writing that many of us look at when voting on these things.